HELP ME (sharing isdn connection)
I have an X incompatible USB isdn adapter (a modem, more or less) running on a beige desktop G3 (266 mhz), system 9.2.2.
As I am now X only on an iBook, and do not wish, nor can boot in classic on that 'book, and as I cannot get the isdn modem to work on X, I wondered how I can share the isdn connection over ethernet.
I have an ethernet hub et al. I should make clear that I am not prepared to buy additional hardware (even more so since I will be migrating to broadband in the foreseeable future).
So, I guess the beige G3 should act as web server or something. How do I accomplish this?
Please help, I've been with this issue for months now.
(and have posted about it here, to no avail).
As I am now X only on an iBook, and do not wish, nor can boot in classic on that 'book, and as I cannot get the isdn modem to work on X, I wondered how I can share the isdn connection over ethernet.
I have an ethernet hub et al. I should make clear that I am not prepared to buy additional hardware (even more so since I will be migrating to broadband in the foreseeable future).
So, I guess the beige G3 should act as web server or something. How do I accomplish this?
Please help, I've been with this issue for months now.
(and have posted about it here, to no avail).
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[quote] So, I guess the beige G3 should act as web server or something. How do I accomplish this?
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well, I think that would need some server SW
[quote] I have an ethernet hub et al. I should make clear that I am not prepared to buy additional hardware (even more so since I will be migrating to broadband in the foreseeable future).
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what's this ethernet hub ? a router ? a switch ?
These are best implemented in hardware, but there are some programs to make your mac function as router (notably Jaguar: System Prefs > Sharing > Internet sharing).
For classic, the matter is a bit more complicated. OS 9 has never been known for its excellence in server-software sollutions. However, I found the app IPNetRouter, and I succesfully set that up and was able to surf a bit from my iBook.
The connection was so bad (slow) however that it's unusable.
So, if anybody knows of any other software routing solution, (or knows how to optimize IPNetRouter) please let me know.
<a href="http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/11168" target="_blank">XpostFacto</a>
<a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=001458" target="_blank">10.2 and beige G3</a>
[ 09-18-2002: Message edited by: Defiant ]</p>
Alternatively I would be able to run classic on my ibook and use the modem like that, but I decided never to install classic again PLUS I want the 'net services of X (Mail, iChat, CLI-commands like (s)ftp and such).
<strong>Yes I could, Defiant, but then I just make my problem worse. As I wrote originally, the ISDN modem only works with classic (the bastards at sagem decided to discontinue support for Mac.</strong><hr></blockquote>
right, right. <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />
<strong> I will be migrating to broadband in the foreseeable future)</strong><hr></blockquote>
In case you can change your mind about buying hardware: When I was in a similar situation (ISDN modem not working in X, switch to DSL planned), I bought a Draytek Router 2200 X which supports uplink via ISDN or Ethernet (-> DSL). At the beginning, I used it as ISDN router, now it's my DSL router with fallback option to ISDN.